Mileway, Highway, and Hundred stones
Oxford Highway (“Mileway”) Stone
Under an Act of 18 Elizabeth, everyone who occupied land within five miles of Oxford was bound to contribute to the repair of the roads within one mile of Oxford, and supervisors were nominated by the Mayor and Vice-Chancellor for the executing of the repairs. The mileways were measured from the city gates.
This stone was set up in 1667 near to where Cheney Lane meets Old Road (then the main road to London) to mark one mile from the East Gate of Oxford.
Village Highway Stones
These three stones were presumably set up by two villages near Oxford to mark their boundaries. The first stone above shows the boundary of Iffley in 1635; and the other two boundaries of Headington.
Hundred Stones
Both these stones, which are in St Giles’ and Parks Road, mark the northern boundary of the Northgate Hundred.
The Headington Hundred began to the north of the stones.